Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 is a Bluetooth hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0CF3&PID_3004.

1. Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.0.0001.0334 dated 2014-10-22.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros Communications.
File size of the driver: 323575 bytes (315.99 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 77657 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the Qualcomm Atheros Communications Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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